Jason Campbell, 39, was charged with robbery in connection with the holdup last Friday morning at the CVS Pharmacy at 510 Congress St.

According to a criminal complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland, Campbell entered the store and went to the pharmacy, where he showed the clerk a two-litter bottle of Mountain Dew with several wires attached to it.

The complaint states that Campbell told the clerk that the bottle was a bomb and demanded that the clerk to give him various drugs.

Police said Campbell left the store and tossed the bottle into a waste bin. Campbell was arrested shortly after and the drugs were recovered, police said.

A section of Congress Street was closed for several hours while police checked for explosives.